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News & Commentary
Why EV charging is still such a pain
Anything to spread fear of the electric vehicle transition.
Kotek plans to ask Legislature for money for Portland revitalization
Portland bailout?
Protest delays start of California vs. USC football game | 9news.com
This may be the single best protest story I’ve ever read
Detroit Is Paying Up to End the UAW Strike. Now Carmakers Will Live With the Costs.
Did the UAW and Big Three just agree to a mutual suicide pact?
Toyota Chairman Says People Are Finally Seeing the Reality About EVs
Toyota, dead last in EVs, celebrates.
The Political Typology
Breaking down the political parties
Oregon Test – What the Oregon Capital Chronicle left out
More on Oregon testing and how the left colors the news
Oregon students won’t have to show added proficiency in basic skills through 2028 to graduate
The Democrats’ reign in Oregon as the “no accountability party” continues.
After complaints about 36 books, Canby School District bans just 1
“How Not to Do a Book Ban” by the Canby School District
Sweetgreen Hires Kale-Shooting Robots to Speed Up Service
Surely incentivized by California’s $20/hr minimum wage for fast food workers.
Essays
Election 2004: Brains on display
Honestly, I wasn't that far off in 2000. I only missed Bush by 10 and Gore by 13. Not my fault it was the closest election in the history of ever. (Is it?) Commander Botox vs. Idiot-in-Chief. I'm already on record as saying that I believe John Kerry will be the next President of the United States. I'm also on record as saying that he sure wasn't my first choice. But seeing as how George W. Bush isn't even in my top 1000, Kerry will do just fine. The post debate polling is...
Gay marriage
"The last chance to preserve marriage in Oregon," reads the brochure. What, are they outlawing it or just forcing everybody to get divorced? "Seven facts you must know," or Seven bogus arguments you must read. Here we go.... Oregon ballot measure 36, for those who don't know, would define marriage as between a man and a woman, effectively barring gay marriages from taking place in the state. Specifically, this constitutional amendment reads: It is the policy of Oregon, and...
Stopping idiocy in its tracks
If not me, then who? If not now, then when? If not here, then where? If not ham, then no cheese. I throw eggs at a UP professor's scrambled take on morality, Christianity, and the military. Humpty Dumpty had a big fall. The following nonsense appeared in the Summer 2003 issue of Portland Magazine, a University of Portland publication: MILITARY MORALS The Spring issue's editorial, about the late Army Sgt. Keith Robbins and his granddaughter, Air Force cadet Tiffany Anderson...
How Few Thoughts a Brain Holds 6
Breast-feeding? Statistically awesome. Gay sex? Equally protected. Affirmative action? Halle Berry. Opinions R Us reopens for business. Not that it's been missed. Before Jonah was born I had a friend tell me to be careful at the hospital if Erin and I were going to opt for formula-feeding the newborn instead of breast-feeding. "Those nurses are Nazis about it," he said. Erin and I always planned on having her breast-feed Jonah, so it wasn't an issue for us. It turns out,...